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Today’s PE lesson was all about finding and using space effectively to receive the ball. Pete used demonstrations to teach the class how they should place themselves during a fast moving ball game such as handball. The children worked really well during the handball matches to move into available…

In our RE lesson with Helen this week we began thinking about Day 1 in the story of Creation. We explored the the bible verse Then God said, 'Let there be light': and there was light. Genesis 1:3

The children showed really insightful and deep thinking as they thought about and answered some big…

In PE this week, children took what they learned about balancing points from last week and put this into practice with a partner. Children had to place their trust into their own bodies - and their partners - to create great shapes with their bodies. We learned how far we could lean and stretch to…

We have been focusing on the rainforest in Geography - looking this week at the climate we find there. To help us with this, we all put ourselves forward as weather presenters!
Each pair of children was given a city or town in a rainforest region. 
They had to investigate what the weather is and…

This week in English middle school have focused on our SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar) and have been looking at different word classes. To help us use our different word classes in sentences, we went outside on a word hunt. 
Children searched the playground for any nouns they could find…

This term, Year 5/6 are working on their painting skills through a number of creative activities. The last couple of sessions have been to explore how to use a mixing palette and mix appropriate colours for a sunset or sunrise picture. The children are only using primary colours plus black and…

Year 1 and 2 have been sorting, ordering, counting and understanding numbers this week.

Take a look at these photographs to see their activities ...

Our Reception children are busy doing lots of different activities getting ready to write ...

We were so happy to see Glenys return to visit us on Friday in her brand new library van.  The children and I had the opportunity to see the lovely books and decide which ones we would like to borrow. 

Glenys and the library van will visit us every three weeks on a Friday and we will be able to…

The children and I discussed ways that we should behave in order to make sure everyone stays safe, happy and ready to learn in our class. We came up with a handful of rules that are easy to remember and can be counted on one hand! 

Our class rules are that ...

1. We listen.

2. We are…

Wow what a busy and fun first week we have had back in Lower School! 

We have welcomed our nine new Reception children; Henry, James, Jon-Jnr, Reagan, Wilf, Connor, Kaitlyn, Leah and Charlotte. They have all been superstars this week and settled into school life brilliantly, well done…

The children were so excited to welcome back the Library Van to school today! They were all able to have a look and choose a book to take with them. We discussed what made us choose our books as well as what our favourite books are and why we enjoy them. I am glad to have a class that loves…